Notice Information
Notice Title
Tree Watering and Maintenance
Notice Description
As part of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund and Local Authority Treescape fund requirements, Essex County Council has procured the service of suppliers for the watering and maintenance of 2151 urban standard trees across the county in 2025, 1894 in summer 2026 and 578 in summer 2027.
Lot Information
Lot 1 - Northern Cluster
This service includes the watering and maintenance of trees located in the north of Essex.
Lot 2 - Southern ClusterThis service includes the watering and maintenance of trees located in the south of Essex.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051c66
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046140-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
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- CPV Codes
77300000 - Horticultural services
77340000 - Tree pruning and hedge trimming
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £601,500 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £601,500 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £601,500 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- £601,500 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2027 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Benedict Itoyah
- Contact Email
- benedict.itoyah@essex.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHELMSFORD
- Postcode
- CM1 1QH
- Post Town
- Chelmsford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
- Delivery Location
- TLH3 Essex
-
- Local Authority
- Chelmsford
- Electoral Ward
- Moulsham and Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chelmsford
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046140-2025
5th August 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040408-2025
16th July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029002-2025
2nd June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
All procurement documents-including bidder guidance, the service specification, terms and conditions, and other relevant materials-are available via the ProContract portal: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login Reference: DN769604 -
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